History of the Cook Islands
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The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook, who visited the islands in 1773 and 1777, although Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendaña was the first European to reach the islands in 1595. The Coo
Pa te Pou Ariki, Chief of the Takitumu tribe, Rarotonga (c. 1837)
Rarotonga Island Council (1923–1925)
Ngamaru Rongotini Ariki, Mrs Seddon, Makea Takau Ariki, Mr Seddon (1900)
Queen Makea's Palace & Makea's Summer Cottage (1908)
Rarotonga
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Rarotonga is the largest and most populous island of the country of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of 67.39 km2, and is home to 72% of the country's population, with 10,898 of
History of the Cook Islands
…contain 15 islands in the group spread over a vast area in the South Pacific. The majority of islands are low coral atolls in the Northern Group, with Rarotonga, a volcanic island in the Southern Group, as the main administration and government centre. The most spoken Cook Islands language is Rarotongan Māori…
Rarotonga viewed from the north
Te Manga is the highest mountain in the Cook Islands.
Avarua is the most populous centre on Rarotonga
!["RARATONGA [sic] National Flag" in 1899 publication by the United States Navy book, Flags of Maritime Nations](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/%22RARATONGA_National_Flag%22_%28Rarotonga%29_in_1899_according_to_the_United_States_Navy%2C_from_book-_Flags_of_Maritime_Nations_%281899%29_%28page_117_crop%29.jpg/500px-%22RARATONGA_National_Flag%22_%28Rarotonga%29_in_1899_according_to_the_United_States_Navy%2C_from_book-_Flags_of_Maritime_Nations_%281899%29_%28page_117_crop%29.jpg)
"RARATONGA [sic] National Flag" in 1899 publication by the United States Navy book, Flags of Maritime Nations